Roots backdrop
Roots poster
Trailer
Roots
6.8
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1h 43m
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1954
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Released
Overview
Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.

Cast
Juan de la Cruz poster
Juan de la Cruz
Esteban (segment "Las vacas")
Rafael Ramírez poster
Rafael Ramírez
The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
Conchita Montes poster
Conchita Montes
The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")
Eduardo Urruchua poster
Eduardo Urruchua
The City Man (segment "Las vacas")
Olimpia Alazraki poster
Olimpia Alazraki
Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"
Doctor González poster
Doctor González
Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Juan Hernández poster
Juan Hernández
Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Ángel Lara poster
Ángel Lara
The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Miguel Ángel Negrón poster
Miguel Ángel Negrón
The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")
Antonia Hernández poster
Antonia Hernández
The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")
Mario Herrera poster
Mario Herrera
The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto")
Alicia del Lago poster
Alicia del Lago
Xanath (segment "La potranca")
Carlos Robles Gil poster
Carlos Robles Gil
Eric (segment "La potranca")
Teódalo González poster
Teódalo González
Teódulo (segment "La potranca")
Laura Holt poster
Laura Holt
Vivian (segment "La potranca")
Fernando Marcos poster
Fernando Marcos
Narrator (prologue)
Juan Cano poster
Juan Cano
Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")

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